You can’t miss Jupiter at the moment; low in the South-East, it’s by far the brightest thing out there. Last year I didn’t have a scope, so was limited to spotting the four moons with binoculars, still a fine activity, and pretty testing. So I was all primed last week to view the king of the planets through a telescope for the first time. Read more…

My wife’s cousin and his family (!!) own a summer house in the town of Balatonkenese. This is on the northern tip of Lake Balaton, Hungary’s Costa Del Sol, and most of the town is holiday villas. The garden of this summer house is heaven for me. Read more…

One of the many advantages of being married to a Hungarian is making frequent trips to Hungary. We’ve just come back from one of those, and in between visiting extremely extended family and finding enough open-air swimming pools to keep the kids happy, I usually manage a bit of wildlife-time. Read more…